| Dictyophorus | |
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| Koppie foam grasshopper, Dictyophorus spumans, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Pyrgomorphidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyrgomorphinae |
| Tribe: | Dictyophorini |
| Genus: | Dictyophorus Thunberg, 1815 |
| Type species | |
| Gryllus spumans Thunberg, 1787
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Dictyophorus is the type genus of grasshoppers in the tribe Dictyophorini, of the family Pyrgomorphidae; it is native to sub-Saharan Africa.[1] The genus was named by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1815.[2] They are relatively large, typically about 4–7 cm (1.6–2.8 in) long, and often have bright colurs warning of their toxicity.[3]
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